Twenty Thousand Hertz+

The stories behind the world’s most iconic and fascinating sounds.

Design
Arts
Music Commentary
101
Video(less) Games
The ins and outs of gaming without sight.
24 min
102
Blind Sports
Keep your ears on the ball.
21 min
103
Listening to the Movies
Hearing is believing.
27 min
104
Sonic Bubbles
Self-control through sound control.
24 min
105
Domestic Symphony
What happens when dryers and dishwashers get the sound design treatment?
22 min
106
The Windsor Hum
Cracking the case of a sonic mystery.
13 min
107
The Buzzer
Tuning in to spy radio.
31 min
108
Stay Tuned
The new voices of the Looney Tunes.
25 min
109
Prop 'til You Drop
The secret tools of Foley Artists.
21 min
110
Foley Artists
The secrets behind the subtle art of Foley.
20 min
111
The Leaky Pipeline
A story within a story about pioneering women in audio.
25 min
112
Auditory Icons
Why are some device sounds pleasing, while others stress us out?
16 min
113
Progression Obsession
From Pachelbel's Canon, to the Ice Cream Changes, to the Four Chords, we examine the most-used chord changes in pop music.
25 min
114
SM7
How the Shure SM7 became one of the most game-changing vocal microphones of all time.
22 min
115
Minecraft
Crafting the music and sounds of Minecraft.
24 min
116
20th Century Fox
The history and future of the 20th Century Fox fanfare.
24 min
117
The Deterrent Tone
What happens when you get hit with a “sound cannon?”
20 min
118
I'm Lovin' It
Ba da ba ba ba.
23 min
119
Sound 101 with Bill Nye
Listen up! It’s time to go back to basics on the physics of sound.
22 min
120
Synesthesia
What’s it like to see sounds and taste names?
25 min
121
Sing Gently
How an internet choir connects singers around the world at a time when they can't sing together.
33 min
122
Sounds Worth Saving
Legendary music archivist Alan Lomax made it his life's work to preserve and promote the sounds of local culture.
24 min
123
Conlang
From Klingon to Elvish, what makes a good constructed language?
26 min
124
Space Audity
The mind-boggling technology behind space communication.
21 min
125
Sonic Utopia
What can we expect the future to sound like, and how can we build a sonic utopia?
25 min